Da Ruan was worried. He turned to Aka Ge and typed his reply as well:
"Going by the Night Owl Series, tonight might just be about startling the snake in the grass and causing some chaos... but we can't rule out the possibility that they have a specific target. From what we know, the Night Owl Type-4 can repeatedly tag and lock onto key suspects. And its 'dyeing' function is especially obnoxious—it would rather kill the wrong person than let anyone slip through."
In this situation, getting "caught in the crossfire" would be far too unjust.
Besides, they had been active around the outskirts where the city and countryside met lately, and they had also stayed at Su Ba Tong's studio for some time. At some point, they might have come into contact with a tagged suspect and been "dyed" without realizing it. He was not worried about the helicopter above them, but about helicopters or other vehicles with the same equipment passing through the outskirts while they were unaware.
If this was the second, or even third time, then they were in serious trouble.
Now it was Da Ruan's turn to urge Aka Ge. "We need to leave as soon as possible... Mm, after the helicopter leaves."
Yet the helicopter overhead kept circling endlessly, its blinding beam sweeping over this high ground where so many people had taken shelter again and again.
All three squinted up at it. Finally, Xiao Ruan could not help typing, "Something's wrong..."
Something was indeed wrong.
Equipment like the Night Owl Series, which tagged and "dyed" suspected targets in large numbers, should have been operated over a fairly broad area to cover a wider population. By focusing solely on this patch of high ground, they could not help suspecting that the authorities had truly